On writing and publishing

Some writers call their book their "baby." I have a different take.

We Arrive Uninvited took me ten years to write.

Okay, so that’s a dramatic writer thing to say.

We Arrive Uninvited took me ten years to write, BUT there were years, months, and days I never so much as looked at that manuscript. If I’m being entirely honest, it probably took me a year to write, but that year was spread out over ten because I was working.…